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Polygonun Raii, in great abundance in many places along south 



shore. 

 Scirpus Savii, by roadside near Drumore. 

 Solanum nigrum, covering large defined patches where seaweed 



had been dried near Sandhead and Port-William. 

 Triticum loliaceum, in many places on south shore from Drumore 



East. 



(Dr Macnab.) 



Cladium mariscus, Ravenston Loch, Whithorn. 

 Ledia mixta, near Whithorn. 



(Prof. Babington.) 



CEnanthe ladimalii, near shore. 

 Statice occidentalis, cliffs at Mull. 



2. Surnames of Kirkcudbrightshire. 

 By Mr James Shaw, Tynron. 



A glance at the names in the Valuation Roll of Kirkcudbright- 

 shire reveals a very different state of matters from that which is 

 patent in conning the Valuation Roll of Dumfriesshire. While 

 in Dumfriesshire one is struck with the agglomeration of certain 

 surnames in certain localities, as of the Scotts in Eskdale, the 

 Jardines, .Johnstones, Carruthers, and Bells in Annandale ; in 

 Kirkcudbrightshire, although certain surnames are found more 

 frequently than others, they are not found huddled together so 

 much into distinct localities, but are, as it were, peppered all 

 over the surface, the most characteristic names falling here and 

 there without much inclination to gather together or drift into 

 given localities. This has made my examination of Kirkcud- 

 brightshire surnames less interesting than a similar analysis of 

 Dumfriesshire surnames which I attempted last year. 



The early history of Kirkcudbrightshire points to a most 

 unsettled state of matters. There was a continual fiux and 

 reflux of population in the county. It was an area in which men 

 of diflerent races and callings met and fought. Sometimes one 

 race or clan was successful, sometimes another. Their wars 

 were carried on in barbarous fashion, the victor frequently 



